PLUNKET SHIELD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 306, 27 December 1930, Page 10

PLUNKET SHIELD.

— • a AUCKLAND ON TOP. £ , s b SECOND INNINGS RALLY. » — S GAME AGAINST CANTERBURY, t WEIR TOPS THE CENTURY. jj (By Teleeraph.—'Special to "Star.") i: CHRIST CHURCH, this day. * Auckland's hopes were high when 1 the J" resumed their Plunket Shield c match against Canterbury this morning. Although they had finished up the first innings 03 to the bad, excellent batting yesterday afternoon had allowed the visitors to put 180 runs on the board li for the loss of two wickets in the v second Innings. The weather was op- s pressiveTy hot, tbe pitch was still in excellent order, and the outfield fast, o Vivian (45) and Weir (44) carried t on Auckland's innings, Vivian taking strike to Merritt for three singles. I Cromb took up the attack at the othei a end, Vivian placing the last ball of a i Vood over to leg for a brace. The left- c bander got straight to work and scored f off both bowlers in enterprising man- a 11 Jhe double century came after the t innings had been in prigrcss 147 min- 3 ntes.° Talbot took over from Merritt g with a new ball, and Vivian cut a full toss to the fence-hard. Weir was more } enterprising than yesterday, finding the ( boundary on both sides off Cromb. l Burrpws relieved Talbot after a lew overs and Weir lifted him high to the l long oil boundary. It looked as though r the batsmen were well set and Canter- | bury was going to have .to face a very high score. The pair put on forty in half hour, Vivian's wicket fell to Lester after « he had played a .sound bat for. 1-7 minutes for SI runs. His partnership j with Weir had added 100 runs to the total, which then stood at -W. • , Weir's Century. Gillespie joined Weir. The wind was much stronger by this .time and gave the bowlers some -assistance. Wenreached his century at : 12.22 after 175 minutes' batting. He had been batting more enterprisingly than yesterday. Gillespie's wicket fell cheaply to Talbot for ten, and Wensley was next. Three hundred went" up after 255 miuutes .play, Merritt was bowling a lot of loose stuff and tho batsmen relished it. Roberts, with the fourth bail of his first over of the match, clean bowled Weir. Weir had made 134 •in 220 minutes and had hit 16 fours. ' AUCKLAND. / . ' First innings 164 AUCKLAND—Second Innings. Postles, c Dorreen, b Lester 13 Mills, b Cromb ... 60 Weir, b Roberts - .... - ■ »».'• i** ) Vivian, b Lester ol ~ Allcott, not out * Gillespie, fir Talbot ............. 10 • Wensler, not out JSxtnu . M - Total-for five wickets .... 344 CANTERBURY.—First Innings. Kerr, c McCoy, b Cleverley. 29 Hamilton, b Wens'ley ••• Roberts, b Cleverley Jacobs, c and b Matlieson, - 52 Talbot, c Weir, b Wensley ........ 1 Cromb, lbw, b Wensley ' » Page, c Gillespie, b Cleverley •• if Lester, Hunt, b Wensley ...... 3o Merritt, b Wensley 1 Dorreen, c Weir, b Cleverley ...... 4 Burrows, "not out ....,..•••••••• • Extras •■•••• .• • • • ' Total 229 . - . BOWLING. 0. 'M. R. WCleverley .... 21 3 58 4 Wensley 28 5 M o Matheson .i. 16 4 00 * Allcott ...... 3 2 CleTerley'bowled two no balls and one wide, Wensley three no balls and Mathe&on one. -